Things have not worked out exactly according to Castro’s plan. As Castro announced he was stepping down on Friday, his country is deep in crisis. The tourism-dependent island has been battered by the pandemic; the economy shrunk at least 11% in 2020 …
Taking place from April 16-19, the 8th Congress will look into the important issues of politics, economics and social life in Cuba. This congress is a turning point, marking the conclusion of the historic leadership transition, which is strategically …
On Friday it was reported that Raúl Castro was stepping down from his leadership of the Communist Party of Cuba. It marks the end of Castro rule in that island which began in 1959 when his brother Fidel Castro overthrew the corrupt dictator Fulgencio …
18 Apr 2021 - 13:23 File photo: Cuban President Raul Castro waves as he arrives to attend a speech from U.S. President Barack Obama at the Gran Teatro in Havana, Cuba, March 22, 2016. Reuters/Carlos Barria/File Photo Havana: Raul Castro, who is …
HAVANA: Raul Castro has said he is stepping down as head of Cuba’s Communist Party, ending an era of formal leadership that began with his brother Fidel and country’s 1959 revolution, foreign media reported on Saturday. The 89-year-old Castro made the …
The 89-year-old communist leader said: "As long as I live I will be ready with my foot on the stirrup to defend the homeland, the revolution and socialism with more strength than ever." First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist …
The following is a translation of the message: Dear comrades, The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam is delighted to extend victorious greetings and the warmest of congratulations to the fraternal PCC Central Committee on the occasion of …
HAVANA – Raul Castro’s retirement as Cuba’s Communist Party leader marks the end of an era but not of the centralized economy, which will continue, as he announced on Friday, with fewer concessions to capitalism than many expected in face of the island’s …
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